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Yes, Ligeti was very much alive when 2001 was filmed. Actually, he died in 2006, 5 years after they found the monolith. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Ligeti Mike Richter wrote: > Steven C. Barr(x) wrote: >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger and Allison Kulp" >> <[log in to unmask]> >>> Classical Music Imperiled: Can You Hear the Shrug? By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN >>> >> It is also worth noting that the reason classical music was often >> heard in >> film scores (or in music recommended to accompany silent films...) was >> simply the fact that most of it was written before the era of >> performing- >> rights groups and publisher royalties... >> >> Steven C. Barr > > Even allowing for the overstatement - surely, only *one* of the > reasons - the above is at best questionable. "Classical" music has > been composed for and used in film from the era of silents through > 2001 A Space Odyssey and beyond. Of course, there is always question > about which music is classical. However, much of the music used is in > copyright even if not composed explicitly for the film. > > Needless to say, 'silent' films were not silent. Many had explicit > scores such as those composed by Charlie Chaplin and the masterworks > of Prokofiev for Eisenstein. Of course, most relied on improvisation > from the organist who would be more likely to use standard themes than > to quote either classical or popular tunes. > > Mike